JDM vs 5* vs SVC tunes

[HORN HIGH ACES]

So I ended up going with SVC.

I swapped in some Kooks headers, off road Y pipe, Roush catback, Airraid intake.

I used the SCT canned tune for 3-4 days while I waited for the SVC tune.

The canned tune felt sloppy. Lazy. I gave it a few days to adjust also but still felt... fat.

I loaded the SVC tune and did the Kam reset. Truck is like an angry version of a stock Raptor. Everything is crisp and instant. Shifts are where they should be. Basically stock for old man driving around town or in your face when you ask it.

Truck idles cleaner (?) if that is a good way to discribe it. Acceleration is smooth and instant.

I'm done. This truck is 100% now.

Thanks to this forum for the header install help and thanks to Jeff @svc for the tune.

Do you have the tune paired with a Pedal Commander? I found the PC to be the best performance mod I've done, but I haven't done headers.

 

[donk_316]

Do you have the tune paired with a Pedal Commander? I found the PC to be the best performance mod I've done, but I haven't done headers.

No. I was under the impression that the pedal commander was for trucks without a tune and the tune makes the throttle response more crisp. Although the PC makes that response adjustable. I don't see the need for it.

 

[Leonidas]

Is it easy to go back to the factory settings with the tuner? So if the truck is running 93 performance and you need to get it to the dealer for work, can you tune it back to factory?

 

[shelteredraptor]

Yes, it's easily done with the SCT handheld. Don't think for an instant the dealer won't know you've been in the ECT.

 

[405]

Very happy with my 5 star 87 tune. I've tried out a few others but keep going back to the 5 star 87. The drivability is much improved over stock.

 

[Leonidas]

Yes, it's easily done with the SCT handheld. Don't think for an instant the dealer won't know you've been in the ECT.

that's my concern. I paid for (basically) a lifetime bumper to bumper warranty (since I bought it with 50k miles). I don't want to void that whole thing out with a tune...

 

[donk_316]

How would a tune void a bumper to bumper warranty??

If anything happens to your truck, they would have to find out if the tune was touched and then prove the tune wiped out whatever was broken.

 

[m3dragon]

I went from SVC to 5 star. 5 star was able to address issues I was having. Completed a 1600 mile run and no issues.

Anyone heard of SSI Performance?
https://southernspeedinc.com

 

[gwpfan]

I would never use SSI again.
I really do believe Shawn Ellis is a scam artist. I did enjoy his tune but every time I had an issue something happened and he wanted more $ for an upgrade - computer crashes, lost backups, wrong strategy codes, wrong rear end, mixed me up with other people, had to prove to him via email trail I sent him correct info and he messed up. He never fixed the original problem, tons of excuses and sob stories. Wasn't just me.
https://www.f150forum.com/f70/disappointing-ssi-review-287191/

https://www.f150forum.com/f70/ssi-update-important-252971/

https://www.f150forum.com/search.php?searchid=13152021

 

[m3dragon]

SHO group swears by him. All tuners seem to have some rep and it is hard to work through it. LET has had issues as well.